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Originally Posted by Kenswing
Pythons are an invasive species. The state would like nothing more than to totally eradicate them. They’re right up there with wild hogs. No license needed. No bag limit.
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They thought & applied the very same theory regarding wolf populations in certain regions in other states (like Yellowstone NP & areas of WA state for examples), that was until they went ahead with total eradication.
That then quickly lead to over-population of animals like elk & deer, which then decimated grazing lands. Said elk/deer growing in numbers, began to migrate off controlled grazing areas and push into places they should not have ever been in, causing havoc there, including damaging Ag & farm lands. This all, also lead to negative effects on beaver populations and so on down the food chain it went...
Once a species, particularly a predator species, is introduced into an area, be that by mistake/mishap, or intentionally as a means to control another population, other species adapt to its presences and impact and nature tries to find balance. Post eradication can then have a serious, reverse ecological water-fall effect.
This is proven time & again.
Look at even what unseasonal precipitation did in Australia, and the mice plague of 2021 that resulted from just added rain.
That said, I couldn't care less about TX hogs or FL pythons TBH, but totally removing either of them
at this point, (if that's even possible) would undoubtedly create other, perhaps unforeseen, issues.